• WHO WE ARE

  • QUEERCIRCLE is a CIO and Registered Charity (number 1194564). QUEERCIRCLE was founded to fill the gaps and advocate for systemic...

    QUEERCIRCLE is a CIO and Registered Charity (number 1194564). 


    QUEERCIRCLE was founded to fill the gaps and advocate for systemic change where other arts, health and education institutions fail or actively perpetuate harm. This work requires us to be vigilant of, and challenge systems of oppression.

     

    We are committed to developing more inclusive systems, policies and procedures and are actively exploring alternative models of governance through our programme, Queering the Institution.


    Porous, agile and critical, QUEERCIRCLE is an ecology of individuals and partnerships, allowing us to structure ourselves without becoming rigid, adapt without growing precarious, and remain agile to best deliver our shared mission of systemic change for LGBTQ+ people. 

     

    Where possible we adopt non-hierarchical methods, whilst recognising these are sometimes necessary in relation to our responsibilities to the organisation, each other and external bodies (funders, charity commission).

  • VALUES

    • We are an organisation-in-process, leaning into the messiness and uncomfortability of the unknown. To navigate this we embed reflection as an individual and collective practice; remaining agile and adaptive to the needs of our communities.

    • Our queerness is radical, anti-oppressive and intersectional. It is a rejection of cisheteronormative culture, gay assimilation and rainbow capitalism. Our politics is premised on a material understanding of gender and sexual oppression rather than identity essentialism. 

    • We have a zero tolerance policy for racism, transphobia or any other form of discrimination. We are acutely aware that as an organisation this is an ongoing process of learning (and un-learning). 

    • We champion lived-experience and expand the concept of ‘the expert’; building shared understanding and community knowledge. 

    • We are here to work with (not for) people and communities; recognising the agency we have to create change.

    • We utilise both institutional and non-institutional methods and structures to tackle the violence traditional institutions inflict on our communities. 

    • We prioritise deeper relationships and the wellbeing of individuals, communities and partners by taking a slow, careful/ing approach. 

  • TEAM

    • Sega Halsall, Community Knowledge Programmer

      Sega Halsall

      Community Knowledge Programmer He/Him
    • Divya Osbon, Managing Director

      Divya Osbon

      Managing Director She/Her
    • Sarah Lasoye, Trustee

      Sarah Lasoye

      Trustee She/Her
    • Mo Hassan, Cultural Democracy Lead

      Mo Hassan

      Cultural Democracy Lead He/They
    • Samar Shams, Trustee

      Samar Shams

      Trustee She/Her
    • Clara Dublanc, Trustee

      Clara Dublanc

      Trustee She/Her
    • Ashley Joiner, Founding Director

      Ashley Joiner

      Founding Director They/Them
    • Jawadat Bashorun, Advisory Commitee

      Jawadat Bashorun

      Advisory Commitee She/Her
    • Alex Hincapie, Producer (Arts + Communities)

      Alex Hincapie

      Producer (Arts + Communities) She/They
    • Frances Williams, Health and Research Lead

      Frances Williams

      Health and Research Lead She/Her
    • Juliet Jacques, Advisory Committee

      Juliet Jacques

      Advisory Committee She/Her
    • Maya Uppal, Young People's Programmer

      Maya Uppal

      Young People's Programmer They/Them
    • Renée Mussai, Trustee

      Renée Mussai

      Trustee She/Her
    • John Duff, Digital and Communications Lead

      John Duff

      Digital and Communications Lead He/Him
    • Jacob V. Joyce, Advisory Committee

      Jacob V. Joyce

      Advisory Committee They/Them
    • Anjali Prashar-Savoi, Advisory Committee

      Anjali Prashar-Savoi

      Advisory Committee
    • Anna Nolan, Trustee

      Anna Nolan

      Trustee They/Them
    • Daniel Regan, Advisory Committee

      Daniel Regan

      Advisory Committee
    • PJ Annard, Advisory Committee

      PJ Annard

      Advisory Committee
    • Ray Kettle, Advisory Committee

      Ray Kettle

      Advisory Committee They/Them
  • BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Current Trustees

     

    Anna Nolan: Director, Own This Space

    Clara Dublanc: Cultural Producer

    Samar Shams: Managing Partner, Changes Immigration

    Sarah Lasoye: Pre-Crime Programme Manager, Open Rights Group

    Renée Mussai: Curator, Writer and Scholar of Visual Culture

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